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But as he wrote in Earl on Strategy, his future decisions on the IF (DeCinces, Grich, etc) were based on who he thought the best hitter would be.
DeCinces turned out to be a decent 3B, and Grich a plus 2B, but Earl is specific about why he gave them their jobs: they were the best hitters available to him at those positions.
Earl turned out to have some wonderful players, offense and defense, but if youse guys are thinking he was a glove-first manager you might want to read his books. ;- )